If the Beitar KAJ mispallelim are returning to the true way of their ancestors, I bless them with success, and may all of the Jewish People follow in their footsteps and not just jump on the kabbalistic bandwagon without understanding why they’re doing what. The ikar of a kabbalistic practice is to solidify a kabbalistic idea in your soul. If the idea is lost, the action is largely wasted. In Ashkenaz, the shitah was to refrain from practising publicly any custom that has only kabbalistic explanations. Thus, the Sefaradic kabbalistic and chassidic eras had little or no effect on Minhag Ashkenaz, which is now returning slowly to the forefront of Jewish life, spearheaded by the indomitable Rabbi Hambuger of Bnei Brak.
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